“It was a party, and they were all super excited to be there.” The title of this artwork sums up the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, 2015. Kina Crow – Artist Mixed Media ART Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO Artists & Artisans 2015 – Part 3 This issue is the last in our series on the […]
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Jef Raasch – ArtistMedium – Ceramics ART Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO Artists & Artisans 2015 – Part 2 The outdoor Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, CO is a world‐class celebration of the visual, culinary and performing arts, with a usual attendance of 350,000 visitors over the three‐day 4th of July weekend. The Cherry […]
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Artist Lin Seslar, from Sebring, Florida, makes a sale at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. A Poster at the 2015 Cherry Creek Arts Festival. ART Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO Is one of America’s Largest Outdoor Festivals Exhibiting Works by Artists & Artisans The Cherry Creek Arts Festival weekend event is a world‐class and award‐winning celebration […]
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Artist Alexander Calder, Title: “Southern Cross,” a miniature design proposal (1963) for a Mobile / Stabile combination. This Alexander Calder’s stabile (sculpture) is used by The National Magazine Awards as their “ELLIE” Award for the best in publishing, each calendar year. ART Alexander Calder His bent wire sculptures are line drawings in a 3D medium! Calder’s […]
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ART CLOSELY LOOKING at Calder’s Circus Calder’s Circus. c.1926-31 by Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Materials: Wire, wood, metal, cloth, yarn, paper, cardboard, leather, string, rubber, corks buttons, rhinestones, pipe cleaners, and bottle caps. Currently being shown as a part of their permanent collection at the new Whitney Museum, New York City. Alexander Calder originally trained as […]
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ART THE MURALS AT BRENNAN’S Restaurant in the French Quarter, New Orleans, LA Interior designer Richard Keith Langham and architect John Williams designed Brennan’s recently reborn restaurant and the dramatic Chanteclair Dining Room. Langham hand painted the gouache murals to offer relief from all of the green trélliage (gridded lattice) in the room. The murals were based on 19th-century New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Ball […]
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Portrait of Frida Kahlo, 1926 (detail) ART Frida Kahlo at the New York Botanical Gardens This exhibition, at the New York Botanical Gardens, is the first solo presentation of artist Frida Kahlo’s work in New York City in more than 10 years, “FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life”, focuses on the artist’s engagement with nature in […]
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ART The Met Museum: An Exhibition on Chinese Influence in Fashion The Costume Institute’s spring 2015 exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through August 16, 2015. The Costume Institute and the Department of Asian Art, have juxtaposed high fashion with Chinese costumes, paintings, porcelains, and other art, including films, […]
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Artist Matthew LaPenta’s “Emoji” sculpture, Axiom Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA ART Affordable Art Fair Spring 2015, NYC Issue #3 The Affordable Art Fair’s mission is to promote emerging artists and to make excellent contemporary artworks affordable and accessible to all. John Kenny, “Shiva Arti”, Fuji Cristal Archival C-print, ed of 12, 36″ x 24″, Capital […]
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{ART ZOMBIES – 21st Century Art} Artist: Brett-Murray’s “Somnambulance” series, 2014 Metal, paint, gold leaf – each 6 feet +/- tall (art courtesy of goodman-gallery.com) ART What is 21st Century Art? Who are the top artists now and why? What is the name of the current era in art history? So far in 21st […]